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No. 616,239. Patented Dec. 20, I898. G. H. KING.

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(Application filed Aug. 29, 1896.)

(No Model.)

r NORRIS Pcrcns co, PHOTO-UTHO. WASHINGTON n c UNITED. STATES PATENTOFFICE.

GEORGE II. KING, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TOADOLPH J. PRUDOT, OF I-IERMANN, MISSOURI.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,239, dated December20, 1898. Application filed August 29, 1896. Serial No- 604,3l4\ (N0model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. KING, a resident of Kansas City, in thecounty of Jackson clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

Myinvention relates to animprovementin toys, the object of the inventionbeing to con struct a simple and comparatively inexpensive toy whichshall afford great amusement to the young.

A further object is to produce a toy. which can be easily operated bychildren and one which can be handled roughlywithout liability of beingbroken.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, ashereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 1 are views of a toyillustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view. Figs. 3, at, 5, and 6areviews showing modifications.

A represents a pipe or tube the body portion of which will preferably bemade tapering and may be made of tin or any other suitable material. Oneend of the tube A is constructed to form a whistle l, and the other end2 is enlarged and made bonical or bellshaped,whereby to adapt the devicefor blowing soap-bubbles. The outlet of the enlarged or conical end 2may be provided with an internal annular flange or disk 3, having aseries of perforations 4:, as shown in Fig. 2. \Vith such construction alarge bubble may be blown from the opening 5, Fig. 2, and smallerbubbles may be blown at the same time from the small holes 4 in theflange or disk 3.

Instead of making the outlet of the conical end of the pipe in themanner above described said outlet portion might be fluted, as shown at6, Fig. 5, or it may be made elliptical, as shown in Fig. 6, or saidoutlet-opening may be made of any other desired shape.

At the contracted portion a of the pipe,

where the small end of the body portion A and the small end of theconical outlet portion2 unite, said pipe is made with an elon gated slot6, and at each side of this slot ears the wind-wheel may be disposed atright angles to the axis of the pipe, or they may be arrangeddiagonally, or, if desired, they may be made curved or dished.

A convenient and inexpensive way of making the wind-wheel is to take adisk of tin or other suitable material and make a series of radial slitsin it and then twist the material to form the blades. The shaft of thewindwheel may be made of a short piece of stout wire soldered betweenits ends to the wheel and mounted at its free ends in the ears 7.

The pipe or tube being considerably contracted in size where thewind-wheel is located the air will be more or less confined at thispoint and its force so augmented as to give ample power for revolvingthe windwheel and actuate a mechanical device connected therewith.Various forms of mechanical devices may be adopted, and, if desired, twoor more may be connected with the same wheel. In the drawings the shaftof the wind-wheel is shown extended beyond its bearings and provided atone end with a crank-arm c. A representation of a monkey d is pivotallyconnected to the pipe or tube, and the arms of the object are attachedto a cross-bar e, which latter is connected with the crank-arm c bymeans of a rod f. Thus when the wind-wheel is turned by the blastthrough the pipe the object will move and have the appearance ofoperating the wind-Wheel. The other end of the wind-Wheel shaft may beprovided with a disk g, having a series of colors on its face, or thedisk or any other object desired may be alone connected with thewind-wheel shaft.' The figure of .a monkey may be secured to the pipe ortube and have one arm made jointed and connected with the crank-shaft.The wind-wheel and the object connected therewith can be very easilyoperated by a very slight blast of air blown through the pipe by a smallchild. The pipe will preferably be provided with a handle 9.

From the construction and arrangement of parts above described it willbe seen that soapbubbles may be formed, the wind-wheel rotated, and thewhistle blown simultaneously, or, if desired, the whistle may be blownand the wheel rotated simultaneously without forming the soap-bubbles.

It is not essential to the operation of my invention that the pipe ortube be made straight with an enlarged outlet end, as the whole tube orpipe might be made conical or funnel shaped, or the tube might be bent,as shown in Fig. 4, and provided at the extremity of the depending armwith an enlarged portion 11, from which the soap-bubbles may be blown.In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 3 only the enlarged portion12 of the tube is bent, thus forming the device into a shape similar toan inverted pipe, in which case the wind-wheel may be located at thebend in the pipe. The wind-wheel in the form of the invention shown inFig. 4 maybe located at the bend in the pipe or at any other placebetween the whistle and the enlarged end, as desired.

My improved toy is Very simple in construction, is cheap to manufacture,is very attractive to children, and will afford a large amount ofamusement for a very small cost.

Various other changes than those above mentioned might be made in thedetails of construction of the toy without departing from the spirit ofmy invention or limiting its scope, and hence I do not wish to limitmyself to the precise details of construction herein set forth.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A toy comprising a pipe adapted at one end for blowing soap-bubblesand provided at its other end with a Whistle, said pipe having a slotbetween its ends, a shaft disposed over said slot, a wind-wheel securedto said shaft between the ends thereof and projecting through said slotand a movable figured device connected with and operated by said shaft,substantially as set forth.

2. A toy comprising a pipe enlarged at one end for forming soap-bubblesand having a whistle at its other end, said pipe having a slot betweenits ends, a shaft disposed over said slot and carrying a wind-wheel, acrankarm on said shaft, and a jointed figure mount ed on the pipe andconnected with said crankarm, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscrib ing witnesses.

GEORGE ll. KING. Witnesses:

GEO. HOFFMANN, O. E. HAYDEN.

